@Tiogshi: Ah... yeah I can add a play-by-post game to my schedule, but I'm not going to be able to join in a vent/skype/etc. live session._________________“Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation”
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A duergar would be fine for a longer campaign, but I'd prefer you to use a core race. Less confusion for any actual newbies who join up.

Speaking of which; open question, not just to applicants. How much experience do you have with different RP systems?_________________(( Tiogshi Laj :: Average ASCII Artisan And Ambitiously Anachronistic Assonanteur ))
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Speaking of which; open question, not just to applicants. How much experience do you have with different RP systems?

Personally, tons of experience playing several versions of D&D (AD&D, 3.0/3.5, PF). Familiarity with several other systems, because I like learning them, but I've had little chance to actually play._________________“Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation”
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Yinello; so, I've no idea how you got that set of ability scores, as it appears to be a 24-point buy. But partially because I haven't yet laid out the rules for point buy or anything. So let me start there.

Those creating characters for the campaign; use a 20-point buy. Use the guide here. Note that you add racial ability modifiers AFTER the point-buy.

If using the online character sheets at dndsheets.net that Samsally and Yinello have used (which I do recommend), note that the "skills" area has some "CS" checkboxes; check those if the skill is a class skill, and the +3 bonus for putting at least one rank in the skill will be added for you. I think that's where Yinello got confused.

In addition to your Feat gained at first level, you also get to choose two Traits. If you're unfamiliar with Traits, I suggest Armor Expert (if you wear armor), Reactionary, Indomitable Faith, Magical Talent, Bully, Charming, Rich Parents, Suspicious, or Heirloom Weapon. You can only choose one Trait from a given list (ie you can't choose two Combat, but you can choose one Combat and one Faith). Make sure your traits are consistent with your character's personality or backstory.

Speaking of backstory, I don't demand much. Just give us all a paragraph or two saying what they look like, and what has brought them here, to the large port city of Lowcliff, where they are either looking for work as a caravan guard, or seeking transport to the elven city of Allisuir about two week's travel away. That's where we'll be starting._________________(( Tiogshi Laj :: Average ASCII Artisan And Ambitiously Anachronistic Assonanteur ))
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Yeah, Pathfinder is very similar to 3.5, and copy/pastes a lot of material from it, but it is subtley different.

As for what appear to be missing skills; I suspect so. Here is the pathfinder skills information. In particular, I think you're looking for Perception and a Rogue's Trap Spotter talent (which can be learned at level 2).

One last thing worth mentioning is that the maximum ranks you can put into a single skill is determined by your total character level (the sum of all class levels). So our party of level-1 characters will have no more than 1 rank in each skill they have._________________(( Tiogshi Laj :: Average ASCII Artisan And Ambitiously Anachronistic Assonanteur ))
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Played in a Children of the Sun campaign in college which is pretty much an extinct game now, but it was pretty fun. I've also played Earthdawn, Savage Worlds, DnD 3.0-3.5, Call of Cthulhu, Paranoia, and Hackmaster. The Earthdawn and Savage Worlds experiences were pretty much just a couple one-offs, nothing major. The others I've played multiple times.

I don't know that I'm interested in doing an online thing like this. My free time is fairly limited as is. Maybe I'll just observe from the sidelines. _________________Eureka00: "Reminding you of your addictions" since 1982.

Be careful with the traits. Most of the first party traits are reasonable (barring loopholes), but there are some third party traits that are a little out of bounds. Base value should be about half a feat, and remember the "only one trait per category" rule.

Edit: Eure, you just reminded me. During last week's game, I brought out the Call of Cthulhu rulebook. My players' horrified reactions, just seeing the cover, were great._________________“Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation”
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'k, guys. We have a forum on the Tangled Web, so applicants; go sign up there and post your availability in the Scheduling thread, then hit the Characters subforum and read the Character Rules if you haven't already read the relevant post I made earlier in this thread.

Start a single thread named for your character in the Characters subforum, posting your backstory and a link or upload of your character sheet for me to validate, and I'll walk you through any corrections that need to be made._________________(( Tiogshi Laj :: Average ASCII Artisan And Ambitiously Anachronistic Assonanteur ))
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